Year of the Lion
We’re a global organization of active men and women, and it shows in our calendar. Each year, we seek to make a greater global impact than the year before. One way we do this is by participating in critical, long-standing events, and by adding new ones throughout the years.
February 2021
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
February 1
- Application deadline for consideration in May 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees and the Lions Quest Advisory Committee for Childhood Cancer, Diabetes, Hunger, Matching and Lions Quest grants. Final submission deadline subject to finalization of the board meeting dates. Contact LCIF for confirmation)
February 15
- International Childhood Cancer Day
February 21
- Application deadlines for the Faculty Development Institutes to be held in Tampere, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden on May 22-24, 2021
February 22
- Application deadline for the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Mombasa, Kenya on May 23-25, 2021
February 26
- Last day for early discount on convention registration fees
March 2021
March 1
- Leos of the Year Award nominations due
March 13-15
- Faculty Development Institute in Los Angeles, CA, USA
March 15
- New Voices nominations due for third quarter recognition
March 20
- Lions Day with the United Nations (New York City, USA)
March 20-22
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Paris, France
March 22-24
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Taichung, Taiwan
March 31
- Last day for regular convention registration fees
April 2021
Environmental Awareness Month
Family & Friends Month
Leo Club Awareness Month
April
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
April 7
- Lions Day with the United Nations (Vienna, Austria)
April 8-10
- Faculty Development Institutes in Kunming, Yunnan, China and Seoul, Korea
April 9-11
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Nelson, New Zealand
April 16-18
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Lome, Togo and Faculty Development Institutes in Porto, Portugal and Sydney, Australia
April 18-21
- International Board of Directors meeting (Atlanta, GA, USA)
April 22
- Earth Day
April 24
- Lions Worldwide Induction Day
April 30 - May 2
- Faculty Development Institute in Quito, Ecuador and Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Pune, India
May 2021
Strengthen Membership Month
May
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
May 1
- Deadline for advance convention registration and hotel room
- Deadline for convention registration refunds and hotel deposit refunds for individual cancellations
- GAT District Funding submissions due
- Application deadline for consideration in August 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees, Lions Quest and SightFirst Advisory Committees for Childhood Cancer, Diabetes, Hunger, Matching, Lions Quest and SightFirst grants (Final submission deadline subject to finalization of the board and committee meeting dates. Contact LCIF for confirmation.)
May 4
- Executive Committee meeting (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
May 5-7
- LCIF Board of Trustees and Lions Quest Advisory Committee meetings (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
May 14-16
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institutes in Atlanta, GA, USA and Hyderabad, India, and Faculty Development Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 15
- Officer Reporting Form (PU101) filings due
- New Voices final nominations due for fourth quarter recognition
May 22-24
- Faculty Development Institutes in Tampere, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden
May 23-25
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institutes in Mombasa, Kenya
June 2021
June 1
- Helen Keller Day
June 1-15
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
June 7
- Lions Clubs International birthday
June 15
- Pre-certified delegate form submission due for voting at International Convention
June 20-24
- International Board of Directors meeting (Montreal)
June 25
June 25-29
- 103rd Lions Clubs International Convention (Montréal)
June 30
- Last day to submit district goals for first vice district governor/district governor elects.
Past events
- July 2020
- July 1
- 2020-2021 Leo Leadership Grant Program applications open for Lions districts and multiple districts
- Kindness Matters Service Award launch
- Lions Club Activity Report due
- August 2020
- August 12
- International Youth Day
- LCIF New Trustee Orientation (Virtual)
- LCIF Board of Trustees Meeting (Virtual)
- Leo Club Program Advisory Panel nominations due
- Leo Club Excellence Award applications due
- Club service chairperson Kindness Matters Service Award nominations due to the District GST coordinator
- Final day to submit Club and District Team Excellence Awards nominations
- Final day to submit Presidential Zone and Region Chairperson Awards nominations
- September 2020
-
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 15- District GST coordinator Kindness Matters Service Award nominations due to the multiple district GST coordinator
- October 2020
-
Vision Awareness Month
October 1
Lions Membership Growth Month
Leo Membership Growth Month- Peace Poster Contest kits purchasing deadline from the Lions International Shop
- World Sight Day
- International Board of Directors Meeting (Virtual)
- Matching, Diabetes, Hunger, Childhood Cancer, SightFirst, and Lions Quest grants application submission deadline for consideration in January 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees and the Lions Quest and SightFirst Advisory Committees
- United Nations Day
- Lions Day with the United Nations (Vienna, Austria)
- OSEAL forum (Jeju City, Republic of Korea)
- New Voices nominations due for first quarter recognition
- Multiple district GST Kindness Matters Service Award nomination due to Lions Clubs International
- November 2020
-
Diabetes Awareness Month
November 1- International Leo Day Video Contest submissions due
- CA III Faculty Development Institute (FDI) application due (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- World Diabetes Day
- Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning Peace Poster (per contest) to the district governor
- Leo October Membership Growth Award nominations due
- CA V Lions Certified Instructor Program (LCIP) application due (Taichung, Taiwan)
February 2021
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
February 1
- Application deadline for consideration in May 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees and the Lions Quest Advisory Committee for Childhood Cancer, Diabetes, Hunger, Matching and Lions Quest grants. Final submission deadline subject to finalization of the board meeting dates. Contact LCIF for confirmation)
February 15
- International Childhood Cancer Day
February 21
- Application deadlines for the Faculty Development Institutes to be held in Tampere, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden on May 22-24, 2021
February 22
- Application deadline for the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Mombasa, Kenya on May 23-25, 2021
February 26
- Last day for early discount on convention registration fees
March 2021
March 1
- Leos of the Year Award nominations due
March 13-15
- Faculty Development Institute in Los Angeles, CA, USA
March 15
- New Voices nominations due for third quarter recognition
March 20
- Lions Day with the United Nations (New York City, USA)
March 20-22
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Paris, France
March 22-24
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Taichung, Taiwan
March 31
- Last day for regular convention registration fees
April 2021
Environmental Awareness Month
Family & Friends Month
Leo Club Awareness Month
April
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
April 7
- Lions Day with the United Nations (Vienna, Austria)
April 8-10
- Faculty Development Institutes in Kunming, Yunnan, China and Seoul, Korea
April 9-11
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Nelson, New Zealand
April 16-18
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Lome, Togo and Faculty Development Institutes in Porto, Portugal and Sydney, Australia
April 18-21
- International Board of Directors meeting (Atlanta, GA, USA)
April 22
- Earth Day
April 24
- Lions Worldwide Induction Day
April 30 - May 2
- Faculty Development Institute in Quito, Ecuador and Advanced Lions Leadership Institute in Pune, India
May 2021
Strengthen Membership Month
May
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
May 1
- Deadline for advance convention registration and hotel room
- Deadline for convention registration refunds and hotel deposit refunds for individual cancellations
- GAT District Funding submissions due
- Application deadline for consideration in August 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees, Lions Quest and SightFirst Advisory Committees for Childhood Cancer, Diabetes, Hunger, Matching, Lions Quest and SightFirst grants (Final submission deadline subject to finalization of the board and committee meeting dates. Contact LCIF for confirmation.)
May 4
- Executive Committee meeting (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
May 5-7
- LCIF Board of Trustees and Lions Quest Advisory Committee meetings (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA)
May 14-16
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institutes in Atlanta, GA, USA and Hyderabad, India, and Faculty Development Institute in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
May 15
- Officer Reporting Form (PU101) filings due
- New Voices final nominations due for fourth quarter recognition
May 22-24
- Faculty Development Institutes in Tampere, Finland and Stockholm, Sweden
May 23-25
- Advanced Lions Leadership Institutes in Mombasa, Kenya
June 2021
June 1
- Helen Keller Day
June 1-15
- First Vice District Governor/District Governor-Elect Seminar (Days 1-3) – Weekly Virtual Meetings
June 7
- Lions Clubs International birthday
June 15
- Pre-certified delegate form submission due for voting at International Convention
June 20-24
- International Board of Directors meeting (Montreal)
June 25
June 25-29
- 103rd Lions Clubs International Convention (Montréal)
June 30
- Last day to submit district goals for first vice district governor/district governor elects.
- July 2020
- July 1
- 2020-2021 Leo Leadership Grant Program applications open for Lions districts and multiple districts
- Kindness Matters Service Award launch
- Lions Club Activity Report due
- August 2020
- August 12
- International Youth Day
- LCIF New Trustee Orientation (Virtual)
- LCIF Board of Trustees Meeting (Virtual)
- Leo Club Program Advisory Panel nominations due
- Leo Club Excellence Award applications due
- Club service chairperson Kindness Matters Service Award nominations due to the District GST coordinator
- Final day to submit Club and District Team Excellence Awards nominations
- Final day to submit Presidential Zone and Region Chairperson Awards nominations
- September 2020
-
Childhood Cancer Awareness Month
September 15- District GST coordinator Kindness Matters Service Award nominations due to the multiple district GST coordinator
- October 2020
-
Vision Awareness Month
October 1
Lions Membership Growth Month
Leo Membership Growth Month- Peace Poster Contest kits purchasing deadline from the Lions International Shop
- World Sight Day
- International Board of Directors Meeting (Virtual)
- Matching, Diabetes, Hunger, Childhood Cancer, SightFirst, and Lions Quest grants application submission deadline for consideration in January 2021 by the LCIF Board of Trustees and the Lions Quest and SightFirst Advisory Committees
- United Nations Day
- Lions Day with the United Nations (Vienna, Austria)
- OSEAL forum (Jeju City, Republic of Korea)
- New Voices nominations due for first quarter recognition
- Multiple district GST Kindness Matters Service Award nomination due to Lions Clubs International
- November 2020
-
Diabetes Awareness Month
November 1- International Leo Day Video Contest submissions due
- CA III Faculty Development Institute (FDI) application due (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil)
- World Diabetes Day
- Postmark deadline for a club to send one winning Peace Poster (per contest) to the district governor
- Leo October Membership Growth Award nominations due
- CA V Lions Certified Instructor Program (LCIP) application due (Taichung, Taiwan)
- December 2020
- December 1
- Postmark deadline for a district governor to send their one winning Peace Poster and/or Peace Essay to the multiple district council chairperson. A district not belonging to a multiple district must send their one Peace Poster and/or one Peace Essay directly to Brand & Marketing Strategy at Lions Clubs International Headquarters.
- International Leo Day
- ISAME forum (Dhaka, Bangladesh)
- Postmark deadline for multiple district council chairpersons to send their one winning Peace Poster and/or Peace Essay to Brand & Marketing Strategy at Lions Clubs International
- January 2021
-
Hunger Awareness Month
January 8- Application deadlines for Faculty Development Institutes to be held in Kunming, Yunnan, China and Seoul, Korea on April 8-10, 2021
- Application deadline for the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Nelson, New Zealand on April 9-11, 2021
- Executive Committee meeting (Oak Brook, IL, USA) (Virtual)
- Melvin Jones’ birthday
- LCIF Board of Trustees meeting (Oak Brook, Illinois, USA) (Virtual)
- Peace Poster Kits go on sale in the Lions International Shop
- New Voices nominations due for second quarter recognition
- Application deadlines for the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Lome, Togo and the Faculty Development Institutes to be held in Porto, Portugal and Sydney, Australia on April 16-18, 2021
- FOLAC Forum (Bucaramanga, Columbia) (Virtual)
- Application deadlines for the Faculty Development Institute to be held in Quito, Ecuador and the Advanced Lions Leadership Institute to be held in Pune, India on April 30 - May 2, 2021
